Welcome and Introduction
Charlotte Poulton, Assistant Professor of Art History, Utah Valley University

Keynote Speaker: Martha Moffitt Peacock, Brigham Young University
“Joanna Koerten and “Instagram” Identity in the 17th Century: Gender, Politics,Religion, Education, Social Class, and Art”

“Judith Leyster’s The Proposition and Female Identity in the Dutch Republic”
Kamee Payton, Undergraduate Student, Art History, Utah Valley University

“Victorian Mesmerism in Julia Cameron’s Vivien and Merlin: A New Female Power”
Elizabeth Hinds, Graduate Student, Comparative Studies, Brigham Young University

“The Ark of Salvation: Mary’s Identity as Ark and Flood in Jan Van Eyck’s Annunciation”
Maren Maxfield, Undergraduate Student, Data Science and Art History, Brigham Young University

“Fragments of a Generation: Mario Macilau’s Growing in Darkness”
Aimee Clark, Undergraduate Student, Art History, Brigham Young University

“The Matanuska Colony Visualized: Albums, Women, and the Local Museum’s Role in Understanding History”
Marie T eemant, PhD Candidate, History of Photography, University of Arizona

“Memory, Healing and Dynamic Personhood in Aimé Mpane’s Olympia II”
Colette Burton, Graduate Student, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Brigham Young University

“Emulating Alexander: How Roman Statesmen Utilized Iconography of Alexander the Great in Their Political Identities”
Alexa O’Day, Undergraduate Student, Art History, Utah Valley University

“Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci and the Rise of the Artist in Quattrocento Italy”
Mckenna Goade, Undergraduate Student, Art and Design, Utah Valley University

“America, Abstraction, and Autumn Rhythm: How Pollock’s Masterpiece Epitomizes the Philosophical Shift in the United States After World War II”
Kendall Clawson, Graduate Student, Comparative Studies, Brigham Young University

Event Conclusion